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Optional Font Installation:

The configuration I provide for xmobar uses the Open Sans font. You can change this to any font that you desire. However if you wish to use Open Sans, here is how you go about getting and installing it:

Configure xmobar

Xmobar uses ~/.xmobarrc as it's configuration file. I am using the Open Sans font. If you did not download and install that in the earlier steps, you may want to change the font = line to a font that you do have installed.